1970 Liverpool City Council election

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May 7, 1970 (1970-05-07)

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Map of Liverpool showing wards won (first placed party)^[1]

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 7 May 1970.

One third of the council was up for election.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

	Councillors	±	Aldermen
Conservative	79	-9	??
Labour	30	+7	??
Liberal	4	+2	??
Protestant	7	=	??

Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1970
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	19				47.5%	48%	72,584
Labour	17				42.5%	43%	64,880
Liberal	2				5%	7%	11,381
Protestant	2	0	0	0	5%	1.2%	1,901
Communist	0	0	0	0	0%	1.1%	1,604
Independent	0	0	0	0	0%	0.02%	26

Ward results

* - Councillor seeking re-election

Abercromby

Abercromby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. E. McPherson *	883	66%	+18%
	Conservative	A. W. Jones	298	22%	-19%
	Communist	A. McClelland	150	11%	0%
Majority			585
Registered electors			5,684
Turnout			1,331	23%	+3%
	Labour hold		Swing

Aigburth

Aigburth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. E. R. Fischer *	4,522	84%	+5%
	Labour	G. T. Walsh	860	16%	+9%
Majority			3,662
Registered electors			14,772
Turnout			5,382	37%	-10%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Allerton

Allerton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	S. B. Caulfield *	3,195	81%	+1%
	Labour	S. G. Thorne	756	19%	+9%
Majority			2,439
Registered electors			10,972
Turnout			3,951	36%	-7%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Anfield

Anfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs. M. Fitzsimmons	2,755	61%	-11%
	Labour	D. M. Mitchell	1,753	39%	+11%
Majority			1,002
Registered electors			13,655
Turnout			4,508	33%	-3%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Arundel

Arundel
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. E. Kendrick *	2,621	62%	-7%
	Labour	M. Evans	1,501	36%	+8%
	Communist	J. Kay	103	2%	-1%
Majority			1,120
Registered electors			13,815
Turnout			4,225	31%	-3%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Breckfield

Breckfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	K.B. Jacques *	1,392	57%	0%
	Labour	T. Roberts	1,044	43%	0%
Majority			348
Registered electors			9,985
Turnout			2,436	25%	-9%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Broadgreen

Broadgreen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs. D. I. Keenan	2,002	44%	-26%
	Liberal	H. Davies	1,598	35%	+35%
	Labour	D. Cowley	966	21%	+2%
Majority			404
Registered electors			11,753
Turnout			4,566	39%	+4%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Central

Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. E. Walker *	1,607	86%	+33%
	Conservative	F. Jones	117	6%	-41%
	Liberal	J. E. Gallagher	110	6%	+6%
	Communist	R. Woods	30	2%	+2%
Majority			1,490
Registered electors			5,828
Turnout			1,864	32%	-2%
	Labour hold		Swing

Childwall

Childwall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	A. Fearenside	4,401	55%	-16%
	Liberal	H. Davies	2,519	32%	+12%
	Labour	S. F. Jacobs	1,003	13%	+3%
Majority			1,882
Registered electors			19,306
Turnout			7,988	41%	+1%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Church

Church
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Owen Trevor Jones	4,019	54%	+20%
	Conservative	S. P. Mason	2,862	39%	-20%
	Labour	C. H. J. Winter	501	7%	0%
Majority			1,157
Registered electors			14,671
Turnout			7,382	50%	+2%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Clubmoor

Clubmoor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. F. Jones *	2,074	49%	-8%
	Labour	T. McManus	1,938	46%	+3%
	Liberal	J. G. Morgan	231	5%	+5%
Majority			136
Registered electors			11,328
Turnout			4,243	37%	-10%
	Conservative hold		Swing

County

County
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	P. Tunna *	2,445	53%	-6%
	Labour	J. McLean	2,003	44%	+8%
	Communist	K. T. Dowd	143	3%	-2%
Majority			442
Registered electors			13,315
Turnout			4,591	34%	-7%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Croxteth

Croxteth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dr. G. H. Prince *	3,596	77%	-6%
	Labour	R. Ludvigsen	1,084	23%	+6%
Majority			2,512
Registered electors			12,940
Turnout			4,680	36%	-8%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dingle

Dingle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Stoddart *	2,481	60%	+12%
	Conservative	D. M. Pannell	1,520	37%	-10%
	Communist	J. Cook	134	3%	-1%
Majority			961
Registered electors			10,831
Turnout			4,135	38%	+3%
	Labour hold		Swing

Dovecot

Dovecot
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	W. P. Johnson	3,314	61%	+14%
	Conservative	G. E. Brandwood *	2,103	39%	-14%
Majority			1,211
Registered electors			16,539
Turnout			5,417	33%	-6%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Everton

Everton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	F. Burke *	588	62%
	Conservative	J. Irving	364	38%
Majority			224
Registered electors			3,268
Turnout			952	29%
	Labour hold		Swing

Fairfield

Fairfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	J. Pownall	1,942	56%
	Labour	E. Burke	1,498	44%
Majority			444
Registered electors			12,197
Turnout			3,440	28%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fazakerley

Fazakerley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	D. R. Bushell	2,260	54%
	Labour	M. Black	1,955	46%
Majority			305
Registered electors			11,781
Turnout			4,215	36%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gillmoss

Gillmoss
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Eddie Loyden	4,270	67%
	Conservative	Mrs. E. G. Smith	1,990	31%
	Communist	K. Dunlop	130	2%
Majority			2,280
Registered electors			20,237
Turnout			6,390	32%
	Labour hold		Swing

Granby

Granby
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John D. Hamilton	1,457	58%	+1%
	Conservative	G. Hughes	981	39%	-4%
	Communist	J. Powell	68	3%
Majority			476
Registered electors			9,095
Turnout			2,506	28%
	Labour hold		Swing

Kensington

Kensington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	E. D. Roderick	1,559	52%	+27%
	Conservative	F. R. Butler	1,421	48%	-4%
Majority			138
Registered electors			10,836
Turnout			2,980	28%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Low Hill

Low Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mrs. M. J. Powell	1,066	63%	+24%
	Conservative	S. K. Cross	610	36%	-21%
	Independent	W. Finnegan	26	2%
Majority			456
Registered electors			5,075
Turnout			1,702	34%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Melrose

Melrose
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	I. I. Levin	1,376	59%	+2%
	Liberal	J. J. Hastings *	191	8%
	Conservative	C. E. Rapson	776	33%	-10%
Majority			600
Registered electors			7,618
Turnout			2,343	31%	+5%
	Labour hold		Swing

Netherfield

Netherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protestant	A. Brown *	750	57%	-5%
	Labour	S. J. Chegwin	572	43%	+9%
Majority			178
Registered electors			4,359
Turnout			1,322	30%	+3%
	Protestant hold		Swing

Old Swan

Old Swan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Mrs. Doreen Jones	2,713	48%
	Conservative	A. j. Browne *	1,887	33%	-27%
	Labour	F. Gaier	1,098	19%	-21%
Majority			826
Registered electors			13,931
Turnout			5,698	41%	+4%
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing

Picton

Picton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	C. J. Kinrade *	2,149	50%	-9%
	Labour	T. Bailey	2,033	48%	+7%
	Communist	Mrs. H. A. Thomas	87	2%
Majority			116
Registered electors			12,964
Turnout			4,269	33%	-3%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pirrie

Pirrie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Dalton	3,703	60%	+13%
	Conservative	J. F. Atkinson	2,359	38%	-15%
	Communist	Brian Anderson	113	2%
Majority			113
Registered electors			16,794
Turnout			6,175	37%	-5%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Prince's Park

Prince's Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	J. F. Stevens	1,919	58%	+12%
	Conservative	A. Palin	1,298	39%	-12%
	Communist	J. F. Greig	93	3%	-1%
Majority			621
Registered electors			10,059
Turnout			3,310	33%	-2%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Sandhills

Sandhills
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Miss M. Schofield *	1,545	71%	+2%
	Conservative	J. Barton	636	29%	+2%
Majority			909
Registered electors			6,676
Turnout			2,181	33%	+4%
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Domingo

St. Domingo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protestant	R. Hughes *	1,151	57%	+3%
	Labour	A. Williams	875	43%	0%
Majority			276
Registered electors			8,697
Turnout			2,026	23%	-8%
	Protestant hold		Swing

St. James

St. James
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	R. Parry *	2,122	72%	+21%
	Communist	R. O'Hara	488	16%	+5%
	Conservative	R. Bostock	356	12%	-14%
Majority			971
Registered electors			8,944
Turnout			2,966	33%	+10%
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Mary's

St. Mary's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. L. Harris *	1,804	56%
	Labour	P. Grannel	1,441	44%	-4%
Majority			363
Registered electors			10,740
Turnout			3,245	30%	-12%
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Michael's

St. Michael's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs. M. Brown *	2,413	53%	-15%
	Labour	R. C. Evans	2,122	47%	+25%
Majority			291
Registered electors			10,615
Turnout			4,535	43%	+2%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Smithdown

Smithdown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	H. Lee	1,147	68%	+15%
	Conservative	Mrs. M. G. Savage	551	32%	-15%
Majority			596
Registered electors			7,808
Turnout			1,698	22%	+3%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Speke

Speke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ken Stewart	3,065	62%	+15%
	Conservative	C. Smith	1,918	38%	-15%
Majority			1,147
Registered electors			16,029
Turnout			4,983	31%	+5%
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Tuebrook

Tuebrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	G. B. Watterson	2,252	56%	-5%
	Labour	J. Mottram	1,778	44%	+5%
Majority			474
Registered electors			11,995
Turnout			4,030	34%	-8%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Vauxhall

Vauxhall
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Orr *	1,348	93%	+9%
	Conservative	J. Howard	102	7%	-5%
Majority			1,246
Registered electors			6,511
Turnout			1,450	22%	+5%
	Labour hold		Swing

Warbreck

Warbreck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	D. Greenway	2,327	62%	-8%
	Labour	J. M. Burke	1,398	38%	+8%
Majority			929
Registered electors			12,344
Turnout			3,725	30%	-4%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Westminster

Westminster
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Gillin *	1,240	53%	+2%
	Labour	J. Gardner	1,118	47%	-2%
Majority			122
Registered electors			6,228
Turnout			2,358	38%	-1%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Woolton

Woolton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mrs. T. L. Norton	5,045	70%	-9%
	Labour	Tony Mulhearn	2,133	30%	-9%
Majority			2,912
Registered electors			24,035
Turnout			7,178	30%	-7%
	Conservative hold		Swing

^[2] ^[3]

Aldermanic Elections

Twenty of the forty Aldermen were elected by the city council on 18 May 1970. Those elected by the council and the wards they were allocated to are shown in the table below:

	Alderman	Ward
Labour	Louis Caplan	Allerton
Labour	Hugh Carr	Arundel
Labour	Sir Joseph Cleary	Picton
Labour	David Cowley	Dingle
Labour	Brian Crookes	Church
Labour	James Cullen	Warbreck
Labour	Charles Minton	Netherfield
Labour	Joseph Morgan	Smithdown
Conservative	James Porter	County
Conservative	James Ross	Central
Labour	William Sefton	Croxteth
Labour	John Sheehan	Granby
Conservative	William Thomas	Everton
Conservative	Mrs. Ruth Dean	Breckfield
Conservative	Clarence Dickinson	Kensington
Conservative	John Kendrick	Sandhills
Conservative	James McAllister	Gillmoss
Conservative	Ralph Morris	Fairfield
Conservative	Clifford Price	Childwall
Conservative	David Williams	St. Mary's

^[4] ^[5]

References

^ Jeffery, David. "Merseyside Local Election Results Project". Dr David Jeffery. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
^ Liverpool Daily Post 8 May 1970
^ Liverpool Daily Post 12 May 1967
^ Liverpool Daily Post 18 May 1970
^ Liverpool City Council Proceedings of the Council 1970-1971

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